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Balchsuegala (f)

(with) definite article: die
plural: Balchsuegelen; (with) definite article: die
(the) bellows fife(s)
Dudelsack

Spelling in Buhle and Sachs; NB: ➺ Balcsuegala.

Sources

Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile].

Buhle (1), p.48 (also note 2: Balchsuegelen).

Meer, John Henry van der: Typologie der Sackpfeife. In: Anz. Germ. Nationalmus. (Nürnberg, 1964), p.125 (Balchsuegelen).

Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical instruments: a comprehensive dictionary. New York, 1975.

Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.22 (»Marcuse).